CHIN 10100-10200-10300. Elementary Modern Chinese I-II-III.

This three-quarter sequence introduces the fundamentals of modern Chinese. By the end of Spring Quarter, students should have a basic knowledge of Chinese grammar and vocabulary. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are equally emphasized. Accurate pronunciation is also stressed. In Spring Quarter, students are required to submit a video project for the Chinese Video Project Award. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week. A drill session with the TA is held one hour a week in addition to scheduled class time. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted. Two sections.

CHIN 11100-11200-11300. First-Year Chinese for Bilingual Speakers I-II-III.

This three-quarter series is intended for bilingual speakers of Chinese. Our objectives include teaching students standard pronunciation and basic skills in reading and writing, while broadening their communication skills for a wider range of contexts and functions. The class meets for three one-hour sessions a week. Consultation with instructor encouraged prior to enrollment. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

CHIN 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Modern Chinese I-II-III.

The goal of this sequence is to enhance students’ reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills by dealing with topics at an intermediate linguistic level. In addition to mastering the content of the textbook, students are required to complete two language projects each quarter. Chinese computing skills are also taught. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted. Two sections.

CHIN 20150. Readings in Literary Chinese III. Units.

Note(s): Not offered every year; quarters vary.
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 20510,EALC 40510

CHIN 20401-20402-20403. Advanced Modern Chinese I-II-III.

The goal of this sequence is to help students develop advanced proficiency in reading, listening, speaking, and writing. This sequence emphasizes more advanced grammatical structures. We begin with discussion in Chinese on topics relevant to modern China and then shift to authentic Chinese texts in an effort to better prepare students to deal with original Chinese source materials. Discussion in Chinese required. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week.

CHIN 20501-20502-20503. Fourth-Year Modern Chinese I-II-III.

This sequence introduces a range of influential literary works and scholarly essays on Chinese cultural and social issues from the 1920s to the 1990s. Students not only expand their vocabulary and knowledge of grammatical structures but also learn sophisticated speaking and writing skills through intensive readings and discussions. The class meets for three one-hour sessions a week.

CHIN 20509. Readings in Literary Chinese II. 100 Units.

Note(s): Not offered every year; quarters vary.
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 20509,EALC 40509

CHIN 20601-20602-20603. Fifth-Year Modern Chinese I-II-III.

This sequence is designed to prepare students for academic research and activities in a Chinese language environment. Modern classic essays, documentary film and TV broadcasts will be included among the teaching materials. Students will learn not only general listening, speaking and reading skills but also academic writing. Class meets for three one-hour sessions each week. Students can arrange two additional one-on-one tutorial sessions to prepare for assigned language projects.

CHIN 20701-20702-20703. Business Chinese I-II-III.

This three-quarter sequence aims at improving overall language skills and introduces business terminology. Students learn about companies and their services and/or products, the stock market, real estate market, insurance, and e-commerce. The class meets for three ninety-minute sessions a week.

CHIN 20800-20900-21000. Elementary Literary Chinese I-II-III.

This course introduces the basic grammar of the written Chinese language from the time of the Confucian Analects to the literary movements at the beginning of the twentieth century. Students read original texts of genres that include philosophy, memorials, and historical narratives. Spring Quarter is devoted exclusively to reading poetry. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

CHIN 21100-21200-21300. Accelerated Modern Chinese for Bilingual Speakers I-II-III.

This three-quarter sequence offers texts from both Intermediate Modern Chinese (CHIN 20100-20200-20300) and Advanced Modern Chinese (CHIN 30100-30200-30300). Our goal is to help bilingual students further develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Extensive reading is encouraged, and writing is strongly emphasized. The class meets for five one-hour sessions a week.

CHIN 23206. Medieval Chinese Visual Cult. 100 Units.

Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 22204,ARTH 32004,CHIN 33206,EALC 23206

JAPN 10100-10200-10300. Elementary Modern Japanese I-II-III.

This is the first year of a three-year program, which is intended to provide students with a thorough grounding in modern Japanese. Grammar, idiomatic expressions, and vocabulary are learned through oral work, reading, and writing in and out of class. Daily practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing is crucial. Students should plan to continue their language study through at least the second-year level to make their skills practical. The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted.

JAPN 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Modern Japanese I-II-III.

The emphasis on spoken language in the first half of the course gradually shifts toward reading and writing in the latter half. Classes conducted mostly in Japanese. The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade. No auditors permitted.

JAPN 20401-20402-20403. Advanced Modern Japanese I-II-III.

The third year marks the end of the basic modern language study. Our goal is to help students learn to understand authentic written and spoken materials with reasonable ease. The texts are all authentic materials with some study aids. Classes conducted in Japanese. The class meets for three eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

JAPN 20500-20600-20700. Fourth-Year Modern Japanese I-II-III.

This course is intended to improve Japanese reading, speaking, writing, and listening ability to the advanced high level as measured by the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Proficiency Guidelines. Weekly assignments require students to tackle modern Japanese texts of varying length and difficulty. Organized around a range of thought-provoking themes (from brain death and organ transplants to Japanese values on work and religion), reading assignments include academic theses in psychology and anthropology, literary texts, and popular journalism. After each reading, students are encouraged to discuss the topic in class. Videos/DVDs are used to improve listening comprehension skills. There are also writing assignments. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week.

JAPN 21200-21300. Intermediate Modern Japanese through Japanimation I-II.

This course focuses on learning spoken Japanese that is aimed at native speakers. Our goals are to get students accustomed to that sort of authentic Japanese and to enable them to speak with high fluency. To keep the balance, writing and reading materials are provided. Students are encouraged to watch videos and practice their speaking.

JAPN 24001. Love and Eros: Japanese History. 100 Units.

Equivalent Course(s): GNSE 24001,GNSE 34001,HIST 24001,HIST 34001,JAPN 34001

JAPN 25506. Gender and Japanese History. 100 Units.

This course explores issues of gender within Japanese history from ancient to modern times, with a focus on the period from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.

Instructor(s): S. Burns     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 25506,GNSE 24701,GNSE 34700,JAPN 35506,HIST 34802,HIST 24802

KORE 10100-10200-10300. Introduction to the Korean Language I-II-III.

This introductory course is designed to provide a basic foundation in modern Korean language and culture by focusing on the balanced development of the four basic language skills of speaking, listening comprehension, reading, and writing. Students in KORE 10100 begin by learning the complete Korean writing system (Hangul), which is followed by lessons focusing on basic conversational skills and grammatical structures. To provide sufficient opportunities to apply what has been learned in class, there are small group drill sessions, weekly Korean television drama screenings, and a number of other cultural activities (e.g., Korean New Year’s game competitions). The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

KORE 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Korean I-II-III.

As a continuation of KORE 10100-10200-10300, this course is intended to continue to build on students’ language skills with an emphasis on enhancing the speaking ability, presentational skills, composition writing skills, and usage of more complex constructions. Approximately 150 Chinese characters are introduced for the achievement of basic literacy and vocabulary expansion. The curriculum also includes media, authentic reading materials, and weekly Korean language table meetings to maximize cultural exposure and opportunities to apply Korean language skills in real life situations. The class meets for five fifty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

KORE 20401-20402-20403. Advanced Korean I-II-III.

This course introduces a wide selection of authentic reading materials from Korean newspaper articles, college-level textbooks, and literary prose as an entry point to discuss topics and issues in Korean society, culture, and history. The primary objective is further enhancement of advanced reading comprehension, composition writing, and presentational skills. In addition, Chinese character (Hanja) lessons are incorporated into each lesson with the purpose of expanding vocabulary to the advanced level. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

KORE 22100. Korean Contemporary TV and Language. 100 Units.

KORE 42100 is a content-based language course designed to meet the needs of high-advanced level students of Korean, including international/heritage language students who have studied in Korea up to the primary school levels. We study and analyze genres of Korean TV programs on the internet (e.g., such dramas as soap operas and sitcoms, entertainment talk shows, children's shows, news programs). Main discussion topics are sociolinguistics and socio-cultural issues (e.g., speech levels, honorifics and address terms, language and gender, pragmatics and speech acts, language and nationalism).

Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): KORE 30300 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Equivalent Course(s): KORE 42100

KORE 22200. Contemporary Korean Society and History through Fiction and Film. 100 Units.

KORE 42200 is a content-based language course designed to meet the needs of high-advanced level students of Korean, including international/heritage language students who have studied in Korea up to the primary school levels. We analyze cultural and historical issues in contemporary Korea through four contemporary short novels and related film and media. Other goals are to foster fluency, accuracy, and comprehension in reading authentic contemporary texts, as well as advancing language skills for formal presentation, discussion, and writing.

Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): KORE 30300 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Equivalent Course(s): KORE 42200

KORE 22300. Changing Identity of Contemporary Korean through Film and Literature. 100 Units.

KORE 42300 is a content-based language course designed to meet the needs of high-advanced level students of Korean, including international/heritage language students who have studied in Korea up to the primary school levels. In particular, we deal with how contemporary Korean society can be understood through the diverse perspectives of emergent minority groups. Topics include Korean language and identity, gender and sexuality, and Korea as a multi-ethnic society. Class activities include watching contemporary films featuring minorities in Korea. We also read essays written by minorities (e.g., Korean-Japanese, Russian-Korean) and Korean social activists. Student are encouraged to foster their own views on contemporary social issues through diverse activities of discussion, debate, presentation, and writing.

Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): KORE 30300 or equivalent or equivalent or consent of instructor
Equivalent Course(s): KORE 42300

EALC 10800-10900-11000-15400. Introduction to the Civilizations of East Asia I-II-III-IV.

Taking these courses in sequence is not required. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This is a three-quarter sequence on the civilizations of China, Japan, and Korea, with emphasis on major transformation in these cultures and societies from the Middle Ages to the present.

EALC 16100. Art of Asia: China. 100 Units.

This course is an introduction to the arts of China focusing on major monuments and artworks produced in imperial, aristocratic, literati, religious, and public milieus. Lectures will reconstruct the functions and the meanings of objects, to better understand Chinese culture through the objects it produced.

Instructor(s): Wu Hung     Terms Offered: Winter
Note(s): Students must attend first class to confirm enrollment. For nonmajors, any ARTH 14000 through 16999 course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts.
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 16100

EALC 16600. Intro to South Korean Cinema: Gender, Politics, History. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): H. H. Park     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): CMST 24620

EALC 16806. Arts of Japan. 100 Units.

This course surveys the arts of the Japanese archipelago through the study of selected major sites and artifacts. We will consider objects in their original contexts and in the course of transmission and reinterpretation across space and time. How did Japanese visual culture develop in the interaction with objects and ideas from China, Korea, and the West? Prehistoric artifacts, the Buddhist temple, imperial court culture, the narrative handscroll, the tea ceremony, folding screens, and woodblock prints are among the topics covered.

Instructor(s): C. Foxwell     Terms Offered: Winter
Note(s): Students must attend first class to confirm enrollment. For nonmajors, any ARTH 14000 through 16999 course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts.
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 16800

EALC 16910. Modern Japanese Art and Architecture. 100 Units.

This course takes the long view of modern Japanese art and architecture with a focus on the changing relationships between object and viewer in the 19th and 20th centuries. Beginning in the late eighteenth century with the flowering of revivalist and individualist trends and the explosion of creativity in the woodblock prints of Hokusai and others, we will then turn to examine Western-style architecture and painting in the late nineteenth century; socialism, art criticism, and the emergence of the avant garde in the early twentieth century. Also covered are interwar architectural modernism, art during World War II, and postwar movements such as Gutai and Mono-ha. No familiarity with art history or Japan is required.

Instructor(s): C. Foxwell     Terms Offered: Spring
Note(s): Students must attend first class to confirm enrollment. For nonmajors, any ARTH 14000 through 16999 course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts.
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 16910

EALC 16911. Modern Japanese Art and Architecture. 100 Units.

This course takes the long view of modern Japanese art and architecture with a focus on the changing relationships between object and viewer in the 19th and 20th centuries. Beginning in the late eighteenth century with the flowering of revivalist and individualist trends and the explosion of creativity in the woodblock prints of Hokusai and others, we will then turn to examine Western-style architecture and painting in the late nineteenth century; socialism, art criticism, and the emergence of the avant garde in the early twentieth century. Also covered are interwar architectural modernism, art during World War II, and postwar movements such as Gutai and Mono-ha. No familiarity with art history or Japan is required.

Instructor(s): C. Foxwell     Terms Offered: Spring

EALC 17107. Chinese Calligraphy and Civilization. 100 Units.

If the invention of writing is regarded a mark of early civilization, the practice of calligraphy is a unique and sustaining aspect of Chinese culture. This course introduces concepts central to the study of Chinese calligraphy from pre-history to the present. We discuss materials and techniques; aesthetics and communication; copying/reproduction/schema and creativity/expression/personal style; public values and the scholar's production; orthodoxy and eccentricity; and official scripts and the transmission of elite culture through wild and magic writing by "mad" monks.

Instructor(s): P. Foong     Terms Offered: Spring
Note(s): Students must attend first class to confirm enrollment. For nonmajors, any ARTH 17000 through 18999 course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts.
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 17107

EALC 17110. Sinotopos: Chinese Landscape Representation and Interpretation. 100 Units.

This course surveys major areas of study in the Chinese landscape painting tradition, focusing on the history of its pictorial representation during pre-modern eras. Areas for consideration may include: first emergence and subsequent developments of the genre in court and literati arenas; landscape aesthetics and theoretical foundations; major attributed works in relation to archaeological evidence. Emphasis is on artistic options and the exercise of choice within the context of social, political, religious, and economic forces. Students are expected to gain skills in formal analysis through looking with reading, and a critical perspective on the processes of art historical placement and interpretation based on assigned readings in secondary literature.

Instructor(s): P. Foong     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 17710

EALC 17207. Image and Word in Chinese Art. 100 Units.

The dynamic interplay between painting, poetry, and calligraphy in the Chinese tradition is encapsulated by Su Shi's observation that there is "poetry in painting, and painting in poetry." Further articulation of this truism requires us to examine developing modes of visual expression, and to define ways in which a painting might be "written," or a text "imaged." We consider case studies which demonstrate increasingly fluid negotiation between these mediums: from pictures that labor in "illustrative" juxtaposition with didactic texts (image vs. word), to representations of the natural world that are inscribed with poetry as sites of social and cultural identity (image cf. word), and which achieve formal and conceptual integration in expressive purpose (imageword).

Instructor(s): P. Foong     Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor
Note(s): Students must attend first class to confirm enrollment. For nonmajors, any ARTH 17000 through 18999 course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts.
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 17207

EALC 20101. Skills and Methods in Chinese Painting History. 100 Units.

This course aims to provide groundwork skills for conducting primary research in Chinese painting history. Emphasis will be on sinological tools and standard resources relevant to the study of early periods, especially the Song and Yuan Dynasty. To develop proficiencies in analyzing materials (silk, paper, mounting, ink, color) and investigating provenance (identifying seals, inscriptions). To gain familiarity with the scholarship on issues of connoisseurship, authenticity, and quality judgment. Weekly task-based reports. Final research paper.

Instructor(s): P. Foong     Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 22609,ARTH 32609,EALC 30101

EALC 20210. Arts of Asia: Korea. 100 Units.

This course is an introduction to the visual arts of Korea from prehistory to the contemporary period and is organized both chronologically and thematically. The course considers objects within a variety of contexts (i.e., archaeological, cultural, historical, social, and ritual/religious) to both examine the meaning and function of the objects and to consider the issues of cultural transmission and exchange. In addition to better understand Korean culture, the aim of the course is to develop the skills of formal analysis, critical thinking, and writing about visual arts.

Instructor(s): E. Hyun     Terms Offered: Winter
Note(s): Students must attend first class to confirm enrollment. For nonmajors, any ARTH 14000 through 16999 course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts.
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 16109

EALC 20509. Readings in Literary Chinese II. 100 Units.

Note(s): Not offered every year; quarters vary.
Equivalent Course(s): CHIN 20509,EALC 40509

EALC 20510. Readings in Literary Chinese III. Units.

Note(s): Not offered every year; quarters vary.
Equivalent Course(s): CHIN 20150,EALC 40510

EALC 20800-20900-21000. Elementary Literary Chinese I-II-III.

This course introduces the basic grammar of the written Chinese language from the time of the Confucian Analects to the literary movements at the beginning of the twentieth century. Students read original texts of genres that include philosophy, memorials, and historical narratives. Spring Quarter is devoted exclusively to reading poetry. The class meets for two eighty-minute sessions a week. All courses in this sequence must be taken for a quality grade.

EALC 21922. Imagining Japan through Landscapes. 100 Units.

This course is focused on the changing representations of nature and the historical significance of cultural landscapes in early modern Japan. We will explore texts written by poets, travelers, and scholars and examine how poems, illustrations, and other cultural and visual artifacts generated new meanings and aesthetic sensibilities, and inscribed histories into places. Prior knowledge of early modern Japanese history is recommended but not required.

Instructor(s): N. Toyosawa      Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 31922

EALC 22027. The Modern Japanese Novel. 100 Units.

This course offers an introduction to modern Japanese literature through the figure of the novel. We begin in the late-nineteenth century, when a new generation of writers sought to come to terms with this world historical form, and end in the twenty-first, with writers trying to sustain the form through graphic art and digital media. Along the way, we will consider some of the debates that have intervened in the novel's evolution: between pure and popular literature, art and politics, self and other, native and foreign. We also look at how the form itself has responded to shifting modes of cultural production and to shifting historical conditions. Authors covered will include Natsume Soseki, Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Oe Kenzaburo, Tawada Yoko, and Murakami Haruki. All works will be read in English.

Instructor(s): Long
Note(s): Undergrads only

EALC 23206. Medieval Chinese Visual Cult. 100 Units.

Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 22204,ARTH 32004,CHIN 23206,CHIN 33206

EALC 23210. Spells, Talismans, Alchemy, Zen: Language and Religious Practice in China and Japan. 100 Units.

We will explore pictures of the efficacies of ritual language featured across a range of East Asian religious practices. Sources examined will include religious scriptures, commentaries, ritual manuals, and art; philosophical, alchemical, and magical treatises; works of traditional poetics; Chan and Zen discourse records and essays; and a range of modern theorists of language, nonsense, and religion. All works will be in English. We will consider questions such as: why do some ritual utterances center passages in obscure foreign languages, or even simple nonsense? Why do some religious practices feature claims for the absolute accuracy, profundity, and magical potencies of scriptural language, while others are at least in part based on the idea that all language, in every way, always fails? Why are some religious texts written such that they seem not to mean what they say? Can a mere painting of a cake offer nourishment?

Instructor(s): P. Copp     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 33210

EALC 24307. HIst Coll: China-Rise or Return? Hist Perspectives on Culture. 100 Units.

This course addresses the development through time of the Chinese state, society and culture from its beginning to the present. Only the most general of treatments is possible in addressing such an enormous subject, but the course provides an opportunity for individual research on a specialize topic of the student's choosing within this framework. No background in Chinese studies is required. The class discusses and critiques the weekly readings. Each set of readings centers on a broad historical question of crucial historical significance.

Instructor(s): G. Alitto     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 29647

EALC 24500. Reading Qing Documents. 100 Units.

Reading and discussion of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century historical political documents, including such forms as memorials, decrees, local gazetteers, diplomatic communications, essays, and the like.

Instructor(s): G. Alitto     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 24500,EALC 34500,HIST 34500

EALC 24607. Chinese Independent Documentary Film. 100 Units.

This course explores the styles and functions of Chinese independent documentary since 1989, with particular attention to the social and political contexts that underpin its flourishing in Mainland China and Taiwan. We will discuss the ways in which recent Chinese documentaries challenge current theories of the genre, how they redefine the relationship between fiction and non-fiction, and the problems of media aesthetics, political intervention, and ethics of representation that they pose. We will look at their channels of circulation in Asia and elsewhere, and will discuss the implications and limits of the notion of independence. Readings will include theorizations of the documentary genre in relation to other visual media and narrative forms, analyses of specific works, and discussions on the impact of digital media.

Instructor(s): P. Iovene     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 34607

EALC 24613. Representations of Japaneseness. 100 Units.

What is culture, and how is cultural identity developed and communicated in a diverse global context? This course explores representations of Japanese culture—both by the non-Japanese audience and by Japanese themselves throughout key moments of Japan’s cultural identity crisis in the modern era. We will use examples of representations from Japanese history as windows through which to explore issues of nation-consciousness, the physical and mental “nature” of a people, membership in a culture, propaganda and cultural conflict, and how these issues arise and are shaped with each iteration of cultural representation.

Instructor(s): C. Buxton     Terms Offered: Spring
Note(s): Limit 12

EALC 24710. Japan and the World in 19th Century Art. 100 Units.

This seminar will explore artistic interaction between Japan and the West in the late 19th century. Topics include: changing European and American views of Japan and its art, the use of Japanese pictorial “sources” by artists such as Monet and Van Gogh, Japan's invocation by decorative arts reformers, Japanese submissions to the world’s fairs, and new forms of Japanese art made for audiences within Japan. Class sessions and a research project are designed to offer different geographical and theoretical perspectives and to provide evidence of how Japonisme appeared from late 19th-century Japanese points of view.

Instructor(s): C. Foxwell     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 24710,ARTH 34710,EALC 34710

EALC 24715. The Seriousness of Play: Japanese Religion & Society. 100 Units.

Often incorporating elements of the ludic, the lewd, the grotesque and the ecstatic in its expression, the Japanese religious landscape offers a rich and variegated terrain of ideas and practices that cannot easily be reduced to separate and distinct religious traditions (Shinto, Buddhism, Daoism). This course, in providing a survey of Japanese religions from premodern times to the present, will focus specifically on aspects of Japanese religiosity that not only play with these traditional boundaries, but also represent forms of “play” in and of themselves – from dance, story-telling, visual media, to ritual. How has “play” helped shape the socioreligious landscape of the archipelago? How can we understand religious modes of expression that call into question the very nature of quotidian reality? What social significance do these forms carry back into our daily lives? Finally, what are the implications for our conception of “religion” by understanding it as a form of “play”? The class will be conducted in a lecture/discussion format and will consist of close reading and discussion of texts assigned. Prior knowledge of Japanese history or religious thought is helpful but not a prerequisite for this course

Instructor(s): H. Findley      Terms Offered: Spring

EALC 24720. The Japanese Empire and Nation Formations in East Asia. 100 Units.

The rise and fall of the Japanese colonial empire in the first half of the twentieth century is an event of singular important in the history of modern Japan as well as its concurrent East Asia. This course surveys the imperial or colonial roots of the formation of modern East Asian nations—mainly Japan but also Taiwan, Korea, and China—with a focus on the complex interplays between nationalism and imperialism or colonialism. By examining several key issues of colonial studies, we will look at the intertwinement and tensions between empire-building and nation-forming. All readings are in English

Instructor(s): W. Chen     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 24111

EALC 24807. History of Japanese Philosophy. 100 Units.

What is philosophy and why does looking at Japanese philosophy make a difference? By examining Buddhist, Confucian, Shinto, and modern academic philosophical traditions, this course will provide a history of ideas found in Japan and central to thinking about being/non-being, government, ethics, aesthetics, economics, faith, and practice.

Instructor(s): J. Ketelaar     Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 34807,HIST 34806,HIST 24806

EALC 24902. Mimesis. 100 Units.

This course introduces the concept of mimesis (imitation, representation), tracing it from Plato and Aristotle through some of its reformulations in recent literary, feminist, and critical theory. Topics include desire, postcolonialism, and non-Western aesthetic traditions. Readings may include Plato, Aristotle, Euripides’s Bacchae, Book of Songs, Lu Ji’s Rhapsody on Literature, Auerbach, Butler, Derrida, and Spivak.

Instructor(s): T. Chin     Terms Offered: Spring
Note(s): This course meets the critical/intellectual methods course requirement for students who are majoring in Comparative Literature.
Equivalent Course(s): GNSE 24903,CMLT 24902

EALC 25506. Gender and Japanese History. 100 Units.

This course explores issues of gender within Japanese history from ancient to modern times, with a focus on the period from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.

Instructor(s): S. Burns     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): GNSE 24701,GNSE 34700,JAPN 25506,JAPN 35506,HIST 34802,HIST 24802

EALC 25600. Gndr/Modernity Colonial Korea. 100 Units.

No knowledge of Korean Language required. This course deals with literary, journalistic, and visual texts produced in and about colonial Kora with a view to exploring the construction of masculinity and feminity in the context of colonial modernity, colonialism and nationalism from other national and racial contexts.

Instructor(s): Choi Kyeong-Hee     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 35600,GNSE 25600

EALC 26001. Anyang: History of Research of the Last Shang Dynasty Capital. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): Li     Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): EACL 36001,EALC 36001

EALC 26201. Medicine and Culture in Modern East Asia. 100 Units.

This course will focus on the cultural history of medicine in China, Japan, and Korea from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1980s. We will be concerned with tracing the circulation of new medical knowledge and understanding its cultural and social implications. Topics to be explored include the introduction of "Western medicine" and its impact for "traditional" medicine, the struggles over public health, gender, medicine, and modernity, consumer culture, and medicine. No knowledge of an East Asian language is required, but those with reading skills will be encouraged to utilize them.

Instructor(s): S. Burns     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 36201,HIST 34206,HIST 24206

EALC 26500. The Shi Jing: Classic of Poetry. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): E. Shaughnessy     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 36500

EALC 26510. The Chinese Classics. 100 Units.

In this course we will survey the early histories of the Chinese Classics: the Classics of Changes, Documents and Poetry, the Springs and Autumns, and the Three Ritual classics, focusing on two different questions: first, how the classics were first composed and then how they came to be reinterpreted in later times; and second, how recent archaeological discoveries inform the re-reading of the classics, and the role this re-reading has played in modern Chinese historiography.

Instructor(s): E. Shaughnessy     Terms Offered: Spring

EALC 26601. East Asian Languages, Acquisition and Pedagogy. 100 Units.

This course will address significant issues in teaching and learning an East Asian language through identification and analysis of specific sociolinguisitic and linguistic characteristics of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. The course will begin with the introduction of linguistic structures of the three East Asian languages to begin discussing the interaction between language acquisition and society. Then, we will explore sociolinguistic issues common to the three languages that underlie the linguistic diversity (and similarities) of East Asia, such as the following topic: (i) the use of Chinese characters, the history of writing reform, and its relation to literacy in East Asian languages; (ii) loan words in East Asian languages, in particular, the use of Chinese characters in modern Japanese and Korean in age of colonialism; (iii) the development and use of honorifics in China, Japan, and Korea, etc. For a comparative approach and perspective to these topics, students will read academic papers for each language on a given topic and discuss the unique sociolinguistic features of each language. Such an approach will allow us to analyze the language influence and interaction among the three languages and how that shapes the culture, society, and language acquisition. Finally, this course will also introduce the field of second language acquisition focusing on how social factors influence L2 learning and acquisition.

Instructor(s): H. Kim     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 36601,LING 29601,LING 39601

EALC 27105. Concentrator's Seminar: Issues in East Asian Civilization. 100 Units.

This seminar (required for all East Asian majors) is intended to expose students to the different disciplines and areas represented in the study of East Asia at the University of Chicago. Students should take this chance to meet fellow majors in the various areas of East Asian Studies and to familiarize themselves with the work of faculty members. Third year students should be already thinking about finding a topic and a faculty advisor for a senior thesis. Conventionally, the Concentrators Seminar is organized around a theme. The goal of this interdisciplinary seminar is to expose students to a range of important problems and methods across time and space in the study of China, Japan and Korea. Guest lecturers and reading assigned by different University of Chicago faculty members are an integral part of the course. Students work on an individual research project tailored to their own interests, which they may subsequently develop into a B.A paper. This course is offered every year; however the quarter may change.Religion and Politics of East Asia.

Instructor(s): Bourdaghs     Terms Offered: Winter

EALC 27708. Feminine Space in Chinese Art. 100 Units.

“Feminine space” denotes an architectural or pictorial space that is perceived, imagined, and represented as a woman. Unlike an isolated female portrait or an individual female symbol, a feminine space is a spatial entity: an artificial world composed of landscape, vegetation, architecture, atmosphere, climate, color, fragrance, light, and sound, as well as selected human occupants and their activities. This course traces the construction of this space in traditional Chinese art (from the second to the eighteenth centuries) and the social/political implications of this constructive process.

Instructor(s): Wu Hung     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 39400,EALC 37708,ARTH 29400

EALC 28400. Communities, Media and Selves in Modern Chinese Literature. 100 Units.

This course examines the ways in which authors, editors, and public intellectuals redefined the social function of literature and sought to build communities of readers in early 20th century China. We will combine close readings of texts with a survey of important institutions and concepts, familiarizing ourselves with the literary circles and associations, the journals and publishers, and the notions of self and community that shaped literary practices in a tumultuous period. How are we to rethink the relationship between literary writing—per se a highly individualized and often solitary activity—with the forms of sociality, collaborative practices, and global networks of translation in which it was historically embedded? What are the visions of community that the texts themselves sought to promote? What are, in the final analysis, the relevant contexts for the study of modern Chinese literature? Our explorations will be both historical and historiographical, and will touch on the main debates that shape modern Chinese literary studies today.

Instructor(s): Iovene     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 38400

EALC 28411. Thought Reform and Social Control in the PRC. 100 Units.

Building up on fascinating recent research on thought reform, social control, reeducation, spycraft, and police work in the early PRC, we will examine how the new state sought to mold and reeducate its people. We will begin by reading some of the recent English language literature and then move on to read self-criticisms, confessions, petitions, denunciation letters, and police reports in Chinese. Third year Chinese or equivalent is required.

Instructor(s): J. Eyferth     Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Third-year Chinese
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 38411,HIST 27411,HIST 37411

EALC 28600. Contemporary Chinese Literature. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): P. Iovene     Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 38600

EALC 29401. The Ghost Tradition in Chinese Literature, Opera, and Film. 100 Units.

What is a ghost? How and why are ghosts represented in particular forms in a particular culture at particular historical moments? This course will explore the complex meanings, both literal and figurative, of ghosts and spirits in Chinese culture across a range of genres: the ghost story, opera, visual imagery, and film. Issues to be explored include: 1) the confrontation of individual mortality and collective anxieties over the loss of the historical past; 2) the relationship between the supernatural, gender, and sexuality; 3) the visualization of ghosts and spirits in art, theater, and cinema; 4) the politics of ghosts in modern times. Course readings will be in English translation, and no prior background is required, but students who read Chinese will be encouraged to work with sources in the original. This year’s class will be designed to take full advantage of special Chicago events in spring 2014, notably the exhibition “Performing Images: Opera in Chinese Visual Culture” at the Smart Museum and Mary Zimmerman’s new production of The White Snake at the Goodman Theatre.

Instructor(s): J. Zeitlin     Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 39401,TAPS 28491,GNSE 29401,GNSE 39401

EALC 29500-29600. Senior Thesis Tutorial I-II.

One quarter of this sequence may be counted for credit in the major.